Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Let’s pretend that you’ve won the lottery. I’m not going to specify how much you won, but let’s just say it’s a boatload. First, let’s assume that world hunger has been solved, there is world peace, and financially your loved ones are taken care of. This thread is strictly for the little (or big) extravagances that you might treat yourself, family or friends to. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THE MONEY???
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I would: 1) Hire Incubus to play at my daughter’s prom. 2) Buy my dad a corvette. 3) Hire Bill Gates to give my mom computer lessons to start a dotcom business. 4) Hire SHAG for one week to create at my sister’s every command. 5) Open myself a Hard Rock Café. But I wouldn’t have items from the artists on the wall. I would actually hire the artists themselves to hang on the wall. And they could not deny photo opps or autographs. 6) I would build my two cats their own apartment.
Originally Posted By Ursula Hey, thanks!!! I wonder how Shag would feel about that, but I'd have the coolest house ever. I would plan my whirlwind Disney vacation and invite everyone who I know who loves Disney. It takes just over a year for the trip from start to finish. This is where we go to all 11 parks, PLUS visiting the countries and states they are in (you know, to even out the culture and to rest and to maybe learn a bit about the world) plus we'll finish off with a three week cruise on the Magic and it has to go where we want it to go.
Originally Posted By Ursula Oh, and the parting gift for those with me on vacation would be things that I've designed: pearl jewelry (some using Black Pearls!) in the shape of various Mickeys for the women and hand-drawn Aloha shirts by various Disney artists for the men. And of course there would be something related to the POTC movies involving both Johnny Depp and OB but I haven't quite decided what yet.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 1. first and foremost - retire 2. travel for about 6 - 12 months - Queen Mary to England - then ireland - then down into Germany / Austria/ Italy and catch up with Disney Cruise Euro event 3. Return to school for a MLA - in English Literature - useless but who cares 4. Build that house I want in oh let's say Jupiter, FLA. - with a nice marina oh yeah and let's say a 10 car garage, complete with a mechanic named Fritz to maintain the stable of Teutonic machines. 5. Give my current house to my oldest daughter - 6. btw my sister also retires....as does my best friend and his wife...and my 2nd home will be next to the one he wants in Laguna Nigel ( he's in Irvine today) - 7. Write a novel -- 8. AP's for all Disney parks - 9. Private Jimmy Buffett concert for all my friends - to be held either near Key West or in the Caribbbean somewhere. 10. donate $ for different aspects of health/medical research - oh and if that boatload is big enough - try and go in with someone and buy the Cubs from the Tribune company -- and hire people who really want to bring a championship to Wrigley Field. not like I've ever thought about any of this before ;-)
Originally Posted By Lisann22 1. I'd rent DL for a huge party to celebrate me winning. 2. I'd leave for a tour of Europe for a year - lingering in Italy and Spain for several months each. 3. Research and purchase HUGE beach house. 4. Research and purchase HUGE cabin in the mountains. 5. Take all my favorite family and friends (favorite being keyword - LOL) for a trip to WDW for an extended time. 6. Buy 10 primo season tickets to the SF Giants. 7. I'd buy a plane and pilot to be on stand by at all times. 7. I'd decide where my home base would be and design a high tech house with a double kitchen and HUGE kitchen table, a formal dining room that seats about 50+, several guest cottages and a huge barn on many acres of land. I'd have a HUGE BBQ area, tables, pool, sports court, baseball field, go kart track, with a small bit of wines for my private label. Get my mama her horses, go to the pound and adopt all the dogs and cats. I would build my dream workshop covering everything from art supplies to jewelry making equipment, proper lighting, tables and snack area. 8. Donate a significant amount of $$$ to my Tribe.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Ursula, Regarding your JD and OB relating to the POTC, could it be something like they come to your big house for a signing and we leak out word, but only your friends get to the front of the line, and big burly security guards tell all of the little spoiled whiny screaming teenagers that they are denied?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<3. Research and purchase HUGE beach house. 4. Research and purchase HUGE cabin in the mountains.>> Only if they come with housekeepers. Otherwise, there would be too much cleaning involved. LOL.
Originally Posted By Ursula <Ursula, Regarding your JD and OB relating to the POTC, could it be something like they come to your big house for a signing and we leak out word, but only your friends get to the front of the line, and big burly security guards tell all of the little spoiled whiny screaming teenagers that they are denied?> Uhm, sure, except I would let the screaming teens have a go since I was one of them once. I was thinking something more, well, involving those who so desire wear authentic costumes and we could sail the actual Black Pearl and all the girls who want to get to have a go at pretending to be Elizabeth. But an autograph would be nice, too!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I would want to have places in various parts of the world: London, Tokyo, etc. A private jet to get around too... who likes dealing with commercial air travel?!
Originally Posted By smeeeko hmmm.. 1. buy a townhouse in Celebration, FL. for when we come to visit WDW. 2. buy a retirement home in Hi. (or wherever) for SeanYoda's mom.. 3. move back to SF bay area/ Berkeley and have an extra big play room with sunpatches and trees for our cats to play in. 4. go back to school perhaps.. 5. travel to Tokyo and stay for a few weeks (making sure to hire someone super nice and caring to watch our furkids while we're away of course!) 6. buy some kind of cat friendly RV and go on Route 66 for a couple months... or better yet the AL-CAN for the summer. =P not sure what else as I wouldn't want to waste it all and I don't know what SeanYoda would want. =)
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 1. Take favorite family and friends on a Disney vacation. We'd start off at WDW where I'd have rooms for everyone at Animal Kingdom Lodge for a few weeks. Then it's off on the Disney Magic which I would charter to take us through the Panama Canal and over to DLR for a week where we would all have the best room at the Grand Californian. Then it would be off, by private luxury jet of course, to Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Paris for a few weeks each to see the parks and the surounding areas. 2. Buy the private luxury jet and hire a pilot to take me wherever I would like. 3. Buy a villa in Italy. 4. Buy a nice big place somewhere that I could enjoy the different seasons when I want to, maybe Colorado or New England somewhere. Hire a maid and personal chef to be available when I visit. 5. Travel around the US to all the places I have always wanted to go and have never got around to. I would rent one of those luxury mobile home buses and take the pets along. 6. Buy a luxury residence on "The World" ship.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 <<where we would all have the best room at the Grand Californian>> OK ROOMS, we are not sharing one room! ;-)
Originally Posted By bloona Good question. My first one would be to buy a house near ours,for my good friends who live near London, theyre up here staying in a caravan nearby for a week at the moment and I am going to miss them soooo much I cant believe it. If only they could live closer!!!!!!! I would take the above friends with us for a three week stay at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. I would commision some clever fella to build a special transporter machine like that they have on Star Trek,it would save on the 10 hour flight time to Orlando!! I wouldnt fly ecomomy whilst waiting for the transporter machine to be built! I would buy my next door neighbours a new house and knock the wall between theirs and ours down to make ours twice the size.(its a semi detatched house.....I presume you have those in America, with two houses joined together!)( theyre lovely neighbours by the way, I just love the location of my house, but not the size!) I would buy some new winter boots instead of trying to re sole mine!
Originally Posted By avromark 1. Buy Leafs season tickets (Do you realize how hard they are to obtain, the Leafs have sold out every single game from 1946 to 1999, a world record in professional sports. 2. Obtain the same model/colour cars I've owned in my life. 3. Open a car museum full of unusual vehicles (I'd rather have many inexpensive but notable collectors then a few expensive ones) with a special place of honour for my Pontiac Parisienne (Yeah I know it's an inexpensive collectors car, but it is mine) 4. Build a World Wide sports complex for A-. 5. Buy T- a Freezie factory. 6. Send my mom and dad on a World Wide Cruise (I think its about 128 days) aboard the QE2 in the 7. Turn a certain subdivision in my city into a large dump for Toronto, since that subdivision gave my many bad memories, depression and is in the district of one of my provinces worsts high schools (I have the distinction of going to one of my provinces best and one of my provinces worst high schools). 8. Holidayland Disney - avromark style. You all know we need it. 9. Build a working replica of the avroarrow. 10. Everyone gets to go skiing on blackcomb.
Originally Posted By avromark 1. Buy Leafs season tickets (Do you realize how hard they are to obtain, the Leafs have sold out every single game from 1946 to 1999, a world record in professional sports. 2. Obtain the same model/colour cars I've owned in my life. 3. Open a car museum full of unusual vehicles (I'd rather have many inexpensive but notable collectors then a few expensive ones) with a special place of honour for my Pontiac Parisienne (Yeah I know it's an inexpensive collectors car, but it is mine) 4. Build a World Wide sports complex for A-. 5. Buy T- a Freezie factory. 6. Send my mom and dad on a World Wide Cruise (I think its about 128 days) aboard the QE2 in the 7. Turn a certain subdivision in my city into a large dump for Toronto, since that subdivision gave my many bad memories, depression and is in the district of one of my provinces worsts high schools (I have the distinction of going to one of my provinces best and one of my provinces worst high schools). 8. Holidayland Disney - avromark style. You all know we need it. 9. Build a working replica of the avroarrow. 10. Everyone gets to go skiing on blackcomb.
